hi to everybody

found this

(Nacional Archive U.S.A.)
and thought this would be a nice Diorama...cause it touches my favorit themes: Water+Aircraft...

I had an old Hellcat Kit in my box so all I had to do is give a little bit of new colour and cut that piece of...



whilst thinking about the project I decided to make it twice so this one is the ´try-version` and it will be followed by an ´exhibition-version` later on...

ok...painted some markings and glued the model on a base...






to be continued...

looks good, i cant wait to see more.

Nice subject. This will be fun to watch.
One thing I have a question about - should the rudder be white or blue? It looks quite dark in the photo. I do realize there were lots of variant in coloring in the field so creative license may take precidence.

Also, I believe the star and bars on the bottom of the wing is upside down, IIRC, the tip of the star should point to the leading edge of the wing (okay, so the star is upside down, not the bars... ) Otherwise, looking good. Interesting subject. Reminds me of the old diorama photos that came with the Monogram Devastator (I think). Will watch your progress with interest. Thanks for sharing!

i suggest doing something with the rudder/ailerons. position them so they dont look so static. in the pic, you will notice the aileron in a slight downward position.

Like it a lot so far! Very interesting pose/attitude. Would the landing gear be down for a wet ditch or was this a "missed the deck by thiiiiissss much" moment?
Rick

Very ambitious diorama Holger. The aircraft will be the easy part .. its the water and water-effects that will make this. Good luck ... I´ll be watching.

im glad hes posting this one. i have a revell tigershark kit that was missing the prop/nose cowl. this gives me an idea of what i can do with it

...here we go again....

took some cotton-swab and placed it around the Hellcat...


fixed it with that woodglue-water mixture 1:1


should look like that...



then mixed some gypsum with quartzsand and more water to have it fluid...


careful with the cotton...



should finaly look like that...

has to dry now...

...added the paint...


later the day I´m goin´to fill in the water....

made me a frame and filled it up with clear epoxy...


without frame...


think u now understand what the ´cotton-painting` was good 4...


next step is the waves...

hola Juan...
if u take ur time and read full text u´ll find this...




...but I´ll keep all the worries and comments about this test-version 4 the next one

...now it was time 4 the acrylic-sealant...


...carefully smoothed with water and pencil to avoid unwanted bubbles...


if you put on more than 5mm at one time u have to wait days to see that stuff dry out...


finaly waves...


Birdsview...


2night I´m gonna make the skim....

ok...here r the pics with some skim...
again I used some acrylic-sealant...















...I´m happy with that ´try-version`. Now its time to wait until my kit is arriving so I can start to built the exhibition one...
thanks 4 watching so far...

if this is the try version, i can't wait to see the exhibition version!!!

just speechless great job

Excellent work, thanks for sharing.

Excellent work Holger, and the step-by-step tutorial is great for people like me (with great ambitions and very few skills) .

Thanks for sharing your work.

Cheers, D

As horrible as it is to agree with an Aussie, i have to agree with D. Great work, and thanks for the step by step..

Andy

just wanted to add a black&white pic...

Wow, I wasn't sure that your water techniques were going to work out here, but they turned out spectacular! Well done! Now get a good looking model in the next diorama

Yo Holger,

Whow...you call this a try-project...you go very far in training for a project

Looking forward to the "real thing".

Greetz Nico